This pricey bit of merchandise, which its owners
described as a work of art and a piece of America, was the «bag lady» doll, made by Donald Gourley of California.
# 3 Kjaer Weis Cream Blush Compact ($ 56): It has a packing that could be
describe as a work of art, but the inside?
I love finding beautiful, unique fashion that can only be
described as a work of art.
Corvettes have always been
described as a work of art by enthusiasts.
Good news, since the yellow prototype can only be
described as an work of art.
In what can only be
described as a work of art, SquareEnix and Audi teamed up to design an unbelievably gorgeous car for Final Fantasy XV and its accompanying full - length CG movie, Kingsglaive.
Therefore, curatorial work could be
described as a work of art as well, even if it consists of works they did not create themselves.
Not exact matches
In his book The
Art of the Deal (Random House)-- Trump's autobiography which has been
described by his ghostwriter
as a «nonfiction
work of fiction» — he claims his first wife, Ivana, was an alternate for the Czech ski team, yet the Czech Olympic committee says they have no record
of this.
My concern is to draw a connection between the broader situation Gioia
describes and the dealer's observation, which cuts to the heart
of who I am,
as a Christian, and the
work I do
as an
art critic, curator, and
art historian.
The Royal Academy
of Arts describes any
work by Gainsborough
as «national treasures».
Impressed by the artwork
of psychiatric patients, prisoners and children, he amassed a significant collection
of such
work and invented the influential term
art brut — «rough
art», often paraphrased in English
as «outsider
art» — to
describe it.
Described as a combination
of science,
art and interpretation, forensic meteorology mirrors the
work that detectives do to solve crimes.
To do this,
as they
describe in Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing, the team developed an approach to nondestructively identify and quantify the concentration
of light - absorbing molecules known
as chromophores in ancient paper, the culprit behind the «yellowing»
of the cellulose within ancient documents and
works of art.
Art director Eric Skillman
describes working with Jack on the design for our release
of Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as one
of the highlights
of his career.
Though he once
described his screenplays
as more craft than
art, Stoppard's literate film adaptations
of various
works by major authors have matched him with some
of the most esteemed directors in international cinema, beginning with Joseph Losey's The Romantic Englishwoman in 1975.
The multi-award winning artist
described the movie collaboration
as a «marriage
of art and culture» adding that he was «honoured» to have
worked on the project.
Often
described as the «painter
of light,» Turner was part
of the Romantic school
of painters, whose
work eventually led, on visual
art's slowly unfolding timeline, to the Impressionists.
Outsider
art — also known as visionary art, or art brut — «describes the work of untrained, self - taught people who make art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artis
art — also known
as visionary
art, or art brut — «describes the work of untrained, self - taught people who make art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artis
art, or
art brut — «describes the work of untrained, self - taught people who make art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artis
art brut — «
describes the
work of untrained, self - taught people who make
art,» says Charles Russell, author of the book Groundwaters: A Century of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artis
art,» says Charles Russell, author
of the book Groundwaters: A Century
of Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artis
Art by Self - Taught and Outsider Artists.
Our Take: In our Drive Review we
describe the film
as a brilliant
work of bloody, thrilling, high -
art crime drama with some award - worthy performances.
This weekend the Museum
of Contemporary
Art,
as part
of its exhibit «Hall
of Mirrors:
Art and Film Since 1945,» is presenting not only Chantal Akerman, one
of the finest filmmakers
working anywhere, but also the two features I would
describe as her greatest achievements — the 200 - minute narrative Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) and the 107 - minute documentary From the East (D'est, 1993).
In his introduction to the lecture,
Arts in Education (AIE) Program Director Steve Seidel described Davis as a «visionary educator» for her progressive work in arts education and her role in the creation of
Arts in Education (AIE) Program Director Steve Seidel
described Davis
as a «visionary educator» for her progressive
work in
arts education and her role in the creation of
arts education and her role in the creation
of AIE.
Students analyze,
describe, and demonstrate how factors
of time and place (such
as climate, resources, ideas, and technology) influence visual characteristics that give meaning and value to a
work of art
The Maserati GranTurismo and the Jaguar F - TYPE were each among the most beautiful cars and
described as «
works of rolling automotive
art.»
Though the
art world may not yet have a satisfactory way
of referring to artists like Mullen, who are variously
described by such leaky terms
as self - taught, outsider, and vernacular, it has, over the past few years, shown more interest in them and is gradually growing the existing market for their
work.
In the catalogue for «Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary
Art,» currently at NYU's Grey
Art Gallery, curator Naomi Beckwith
describes Mythic Being
as «a seminal
work of self - fashioning that both posited and critiqued models
of gender and racial subjectivity.»
Shields
worked comfortably in a range
of material approaches and mediums, and his omnivorous eye and deliberate touch encompassed
works and techniques that included unique paper pieces and canvases, editioned
works, and jewelry (which Shields
described as «wearable
art»), all
of which are featured in this exhibition.
Despite the pronounced effect on his
work of the hugely influential Russian - born French painter Nicolas de Stael,
described by the
art critic Marco Livingstone
as, a godsend to Kinley, the young British painter apparently, trod a solitary path that has made him difficult to place in the pantheon
of Modern British
art.
The
work was celebrated at the time for the sheer velocity
of movement with which the eye roves the canvas, pointing to de Kooning's interest in creating simultaneous foci, what
art historian John Elderfield describes as «multiple centers of interest, and therefore a continual distraction, of vision being shuttled about the surface, so that it may rest anywhere but can settle nowhere» (J. Elderfield, «Space to Paint,» de Kooning: a Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011, p. 2
art historian John Elderfield
describes as «multiple centers
of interest, and therefore a continual distraction,
of vision being shuttled about the surface, so that it may rest anywhere but can settle nowhere» (J. Elderfield, «Space to Paint,» de Kooning: a Retrospective, Museum
of Modern
Art, New York, 2011, p. 2
Art, New York, 2011, p. 25).
For the interview published in the May / June 2013 issue
of Art New England (available online here) Miler depicts Lemieux in the studio preparing an exhibition
of works that homage her artistic heroes — artists who share an approach that Lemieux
describes as «the conceptual, the playful, the «why not»?»
Often drawing upon autobiographical,
art historical or sociological sources, Ruby's
work is frequently referred to
as «post-humanist» — a term that broadly
describes a society which, thanks in part to technological advancement, has evolved beyond fixed categories
of being (e.g. time / place), or predetermining classifications (e.g. animal / human).
COVER
ART April 7:
Work by Chicago - based artist Hebru Brantley appears on cover
of «The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age
of Hip - Hop,» which the publisher
describes as «the first poetry anthology by and for the hip - hop generation.»
Although he continued to promote abstract
work produced in Britain and throughout Europe, Sylvester believed at this time that figurative
art «was capable
of going further... that [it] could be more complex, more specific, richer in human content».18 By 1958, however, Sylvester had undergone what he later
described as a «Damascene conversion'to the profound achievements
of recent American abstraction.
Gerhard Richter fans still giddy from his last major retrospective at New York's Museum
of Modern
Art in 2002 — which one critic described as «a resounding hosanna of piquant, good, and great paintings» — will get another chance to savor the modern master's art this fall when Tate Modern looks back at 50 years of his work (October 6, 2011, to January 8, 201
Art in 2002 — which one critic
described as «a resounding hosanna
of piquant, good, and great paintings» — will get another chance to savor the modern master's
art this fall when Tate Modern looks back at 50 years of his work (October 6, 2011, to January 8, 201
art this fall when Tate Modern looks back at 50 years
of his
work (October 6, 2011, to January 8, 2012).
The piece is
described by Koons
as «a Trojan horse to the whole body
of art work».
Marten, 31, was praised by judges for her «fresh, exciting and new» contribution to contemporary
art, and Hepworth Wakefield director Simon Wallis director
described her
as «one
of the strongest and most singular voices
working in British
art today».
Stuart Comer, the museum's chief curator
of media and performance
art,
described the piece
as «a watershed transition in her
work, about activating a social and political space for the viewer.»
Curator
of Media
Arts Rudolf Frieling
describes Murata's
work as «a nightmare
of viral editing in which all material becomes an endless liquefied abstraction
of information.»
His recent solo exhibitions at the Museum
of Contemporary Native
Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2012) and at Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal
Art in Winnipeg, Manitoba (2013) highlighted his most recent
work — a striking series
of small
works on paper and panels and an impressive collection
of large scale paintings on canvas —
work he
describes as «rooted in Indigenous abstraction and Modernist aesthetics».
Enrique Juncosa, former curator
of the Irish Museum
of Modern
Art and Miquel Barceló's solo exhibition at the Venice Biennale,
describes Barceló
as «one
of the few contemporary artists who feels comfortable
working in a rural idiom.
The new
works created in his fellowship year were featured in a solo exhibition at the Museum
of Contemporary Native
Arts in Santa Fe, which Feodorov
described as «a pivotal stage» in his career.
The Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine
Arts in Philadelphia has mounted the first major retrospective
of his
work -
art that curator Ruth Fine
describes as «complex and beautiful.»
As also for Budi Tek, «it is with confidence that these works can be displayed at the Yuz Museum, described as arguing for the complexity of this era, reflecting the leading trends of new art of today, in China and in the world and mirrored as such in the Yuz Collection»
As also for Budi Tek, «it is with confidence that these
works can be displayed at the Yuz Museum,
described as arguing for the complexity of this era, reflecting the leading trends of new art of today, in China and in the world and mirrored as such in the Yuz Collection»
as arguing for the complexity
of this era, reflecting the leading trends
of new
art of today, in China and in the world and mirrored
as such in the Yuz Collection»
as such in the Yuz Collection».
(Plus, overuse
of art - speak often comes across
as an amateur who's showing off terminology s / he just discovered) * An artist statement should ideally
describe the
work well enough that a person could guess with reasonable accuracy which
work in a group show goes with the statement * The statement should be interesting enough to make someone want to seek out the
work and learn more I'm definitely going to point people to this post
as well,
as there are some great ideas here.
UND 6 — INTERCONTINENTAL is a group show
of international artists exhibiting at Schwartz Gallery
working within what could broadly be
described as non-objective contemporary
art.
He
describes how artists, artist groups, printers, and publishers -
working within roughly the last 20 years - have employed digital technology and exploited essential qualities
of printmaking (such
as multiplicity and collaboration) in a myriad
of ways to produce conceptually rich and technically complex
works of art.
In conjunction with Robert Irwin: Scrim veil — Black rectangle — Natural light, Whitney Museum
of American
Art, New York (1977), writer Lawrence Weschler reflects on the life and work of the artist he has described as one of the «most interestingly and fruitfully contradictory figures on the art scene today.&raq
Art, New York (1977), writer Lawrence Weschler reflects on the life and
work of the artist he has
described as one
of the «most interestingly and fruitfully contradictory figures on the
art scene today.&raq
art scene today.»
In terms
of content, much
of the
work this year seems to be revisiting the crisis
of the «post-medium condition» (e.g. the liberation
of a painting from having to just be a painting),
as famously
described by critic Rosalind Krauss, albeit from a retrospective — perhaps even nostalgic — point
of view, imagining possible futures for
art - making in the wake
of both rapid progressions in technology and the dematerialization
of the
art object.
If spare, minimalist aesthetics echoed the language
of corporate lobby design, Stella's late
work — once
described by Dee Wedemeyer in the New York Times
as the real estate developer's choice — seems to echo the bright, frivolous
art that hangs on sterile lobby walls.
Joyner, a former Wall Street executive turned
arts patron, is currently touring
works from her and her husband Alfred Giuffrida's collection
of nearly 400
works by black abstract artists including Sam Gilliam, Melvin Edwards, Mark Bradford, Shinique Smith, and Kevin Beasley, with an aim «to rewrite
art history,»
as Joyner
described it in a recent interview.
Thomas Borgmann donates 600
works to Stedelijk Museum German collector Thomas Borgmann has donated over 600
works of art to the Stedelijk Museum,
describing the institution
as a «natural home» for them.